Advertising apparatus.



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,W.G. DAY. ADVERTISING APPARATUS.

PATENTED MAY 19, 1903.

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` APPLICATION FILED JAN. 14, 1903.

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PATI-nvr OFFICE.

WILLIAM C. DAY, OF RUMFORD FALLS, MAINE, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS TO JOHNL. HOWARD AND CHARLES B. RICHARDS, OF MEXICO, MAINE.

ADvERTlslNe APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 728,446, dated May 19,1903.

Application filed January 14, 1903.V .Serial No. 138,956. (No model.) v

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM C. DAY, of Rumford Falls, in the county ofOxford and State of Maine, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Advertising Apembodying my invention, a part of thecasing being removed to show the operating mechanism. Fig. 2 representsa top view of the apparatus. Fig. 3 represents a rear elevation, thecasing being removed. Fig. 4 represents a top view with the casing andthe automatic figures removed. Fig. 5 represents a section on line 5 5of Fig. 4. Fig. .6 represents a section on line 6.6 of Fig. 4. Fig. 7represents a perspective view of the operatingdrum hereinafter referredto. Fig. 8 represents a perspective View of one of the swingingsignholders. Fig. 9 represents a section on line 9 9 of Fig. 8.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all thefigures.

In the drawings, ct a represent a series of advertising card or signholders, each having a hub a', mounted to turn on a horizontal rod orstud 0.2, the stud being supported by brackets b b, aftlxed to thesupporting-base c. Each holder a. is a frame of the construction shownin Figs. 8 and 9, the members of uthe frame being grooved to receive acard orV sign. d3. The lframe is open at one edge to permit theconvenient insertion and removal of the card. To the hub aof eachsign-holder is xed a short arm d4, which projects in the plane of theholder and is adapted to be acted on. by one of a series ofactuating-levers d. The levers d correspond in number to thesign-holders a, and said levers are pivoted side byside upon ahorizontal fulcrum rod or bar d', af-

fixed to the `brackets b. One arm of each lever d projects u pwardlyfrom the fulcrum-rod d and engages the arm @tof-one of the signholders,the other arm of thelever projecting downwardly and being arranged toengage one of a series of pins f, projecting from a drum f. TheV pinsfcorrespond in number to the levers d'and are spirally arranged, so thatas the drum f is'. rotated the pins f will successively engage thelevers d and move the latter.

The holders tt and the cards o r signs carried thereby are normally heldby gravitation with the holders depressed within a casing or cover c',aftlxed'to the base c, said cover having an opening c2, Fig. 2', i'n itstop through which the signs are movable. When a pinf engages onev of thelevers d, vthe resulting movement of the lever causes the correspondingsign to swing upwardly through the opening c2, the sign beingv thusexposed above the casing. Each sign when thus exposed is locked for abrief period in its exposed position by means of a locking-dog g, Fig.5,com

mon t'o all the levers, the lower arm of each lever having anoutwardly-projecting linger d2, containing a notch .adapted to engagethe dog g, as shown in Fig.l 5. The dog g extends across the series oflevers Zand is pivoted upon a horizontal rod g', fixed .to the bracketb. The l ling such that as the drum rotates the arm g5A is first raisedby one of the cams g4 and then released by said cam and allowed to dropupon the next cam, these movements of thearm g5 being accompanied bysimilar upward and downward movements of the dog g. Ateachl upwardmovement of the dog g the lever d engaged thereby is released andtheexposed sign is allowed to drop toits concealed position. The downwardmovementofthe'signholders and signs is arrested by a yielding cushionc3, Fig. 5, supported by the base c.

The drum f is rotated by a suitable motor.

I have shown conventionally in Figs. 3 and 4 an electric motor 7i, theshaft of which is connected by a sprocket-chain 7L with a shaft h2,journaled in the su pporting-frame. The shaft 72,2 is connected by asprocket-chain h3 with a shaft 7L, affixed to the drum f.

When the apparatus is in operation, the sign-holders, with their signs,are raised successively, each sign -holder being briefiy locked in itsraise'd position and released and allowed to fall back when the nextsign has been raised.

To add to the attractiveness of the apparatus or to make it moreconspicuous and liable to attract attention, I have provided a series ofautomatic figures 'i j 7c, Fig. l, to which certain movements areimparted by the operating mechanism actuated by the motor 7L. The figurefi is intended to represent a switchman holding a switch-lever t", whichis pivoted at i2 to the supporting-frame, its lower arm being connectedwith an oscillating lever 713 through a rock-shaft t4, having arms t6. Arod j7 connects the arm with the lever i3, and a rod is connects the armG with the switch-lever z". The oscillating lever Sis fulcrumed at i,and one of its arms is normally held down by a spring im, Fig. l,against the perimeter of a wheel i12, having a series of cams @'13, saidwheel being affixed to the shaft h4, which carries the drum f'. Thespring @'10 is here shown as attached at one end to the supporting-frameand at the other end to the arm i5, so that the spring acts on the levers through the arm i5 and rod if. The rotation of the wheel i12, togetherwith the stress of the spring il", causes an oscillating movement of thelever i3, which movement is imparted to the switch-lever t" and figure ithrough the described connections, the mechanism being timed so that thefigure is moved backwardly during the upward movement of each sign, sothat apparently the figure moving the lever causes the raising of thesign. The figure j is provided with a movable arm j', having a hammerj2arranged to strike agongja, mounted on the supporting-frame. rIhe arm jis jointed to the body of the figure 7' and is connected by a rod y,Fig. 1, passing downwardly through and below the body of the figure j,with a leverj5 fulcrumed atji. A leverj7, fulcrumed atjs, has one of itsends pivoted atjD to the leverj, its other end being held down by aspring jl, so as to bear yieldingly upon either one of a series ofpinsj, projecting laterally from the cams on the wheel i12. The rotationof the wheel @"2 therefore causes the oscillation ot' the leverjl, thelatter oscillating theleverj5 and imparting up-and-down movements to therodj4. The ligure 7.: has a jointed arm 7o', holding a fiag`7t'2. Thisarm is oscillated to cause the waving of the flag by suitable mechanism,including a cam 7c3, fixed to a shaft which is geared to the shaft h2, ahorizontal lever 71:4, fulcrumed at 7a5 and having an arm 7c, bearingagainst the cam 7a3,

and a rod 757, engaged at its lower end with the lever 7.2L and extendedupwardly into the figure 7a, said arm 7.;7 being connected within thefigure with the flag-carrying arm 7s' by any suitable mechanism--suh,for instance, as shown in Fig. l. The heads of the figures j and 7c arepreferably adapted to turn from side to side horizontally, the head ofthe figure ,7' being mounted on a vertical shaft'jll, while the head ofthe figure 7c is mounted on a vertical shaft 759. The shaftjM isprovided with an arm j, which is connected by a rod jl with a crank-armj, affixed to the shaft carrying the cam 7a3. The rotation of the cam7e3 therefore causes the shaft jl" to oscillate, and thus turn the headof the figurej. The arm j is connected by a rod 7.:10 with an arm 7612,affixed to the vertical shaft 7:9, said rod 7cm and arm k12 impartingoscillating motion from the arm f5 to the shaft 7c and to the head ofthe figure 7.1. The figures fi, and 7.: are mounted on a platform ci,forming a part of the casing, the platform being below and in front ofthe main portion c of the casing, the figures being, therefore,prominently ex posed and adapted by their above-described movements toattract attention to the advertising matter.

Behind the series of card or sign holders is an additional sign-holderin, affixed to a vertical shaft m', which is journaled in bearings in abracket m2 and is provided with a bevelgear 'm3, meshing with abevel-gear m4, afhxed to a shaft m5. Said shaft is provided with aseries of radial arms or pins m6, which are arranged to be encounteredby a projection m7 on the sprocket-wheel fixed to the shaft r. There arefour of the pins m6, and they are arranged so that each time theprojection m7 encounters one of the pins the shaft m5 will be given aquarter of a complete rotation, the gears m4 and mi*A being soproportioned that a quarter-rotation of the shaft imparts ahalf-rotation to the vertical shaft m and the sign-holder fm, fixedthereto. The two sides of the sign-holder m are therefore displayedalternately. This operation of the sign-holder m takes place only afterthe entire series of sign-holders d have been raised and released. Thepinsf and cam g4 on the drum j, which cause the raising and release ofthe swinging sign-holders d, do not extend entirely around the drum, aportion of the drum being destitute of cams and pins, as shown clearlyin Fig. -The omission of cams and pins from the above-described portionof the drum causes a period of disuse of the pivoted sign-holders a,which period occurs while the rotary sign-holder m is being operated, asabove described.

I claiml. An advertising apparatus comprising a series of pivoted signsarranged side by side and normally held in a concealed position, meansfor projecting the signs successively from such concealed position,means for lock- IOO IIO

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ing each sign temporarily in' its projectedpof `ranged pins, a series ofpivoted levers interposed between said drum and the signs, each leverbeing arranged toen gage one ofthe pins of the drum and the arm of oneof the signs and to impart motion from the drum to a sign, means forlocking each lever at the end of the movement imparted to it by thedrum, and means for releasing each lever to permit the return of theaccompanying sign to its concealed position.

3. An advertising apparatus comprising a series of pivoted signsarranged side by side and normally held in a concealed position, anoperating drum or cylinder having helicallyarranged pins, a series ofcams movable with the drum, aseries of pivoted levers interposed betweensaid drum and the signs, each lever having a notched arm, the leversbeing adapted to impart motion from the pins on the drum to the signs, alocking-dog adapted to engage the notched arm of either lever, and anarm connected with said dog and engaging the said cams toalternatelyraise and depress the dog.

4. An advertising apparatus comprising a series of pivoted signsarranged side by side and normally held in a concealed position,mechanism for moving the signs on their pi-vots to project and releasethem successively,

and an automaton connected with said mechanism and actuated therebysimultaneously with each of the signs. v

5. An advertising apparatus comprising a series of pivoted signsarranged side' by side and normally held in a concealed position,mechanism for moving the signs on their pivotsto project and releasethem successively, a lever such as 1l connected with and oscillated bysaid mechanism, the lever being moved simultaneously with each of thesigns, and an automaton connected with said lever and moved thereby. n

6. An advertising apparatus comprising a series of pivotedsigns arrangedside by side and normally held in aconcealed position, mechanism formoving the signs on their pivots to project and release themsuccessively,

a plurality of automatic figures mounted on the" frame of the apparatus,and connections between said figures and the sign'projecting andreleasing mechanism,whereby thegures are moved simultaneously with thesigns.

7. An advertising apparatus comprising a' operation of the pivotedsigns, a rotary sign adjacent to the pivoted signs,and connectionsbetween said rotary sign and the said pro- -jecting and releas'ngmechanism, whereby movements are imparted to the rotary sign while theoperation of the pivoted signs is dis continued. y

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

WILLIAM Y o. DAY.

